"Because she's your teammate, you're still afraid of being excluded because of her, so you're bragging about her appearance? Unfortunately, haven't you been talking about 'fondant cake' since a while ago? Even she knows that anything that's just good-looking can't be called 'food'—"
"That's right—I'm afraid I'll be kicked out, even though I've already joined the game. Besides, I really want to brag about my perfect appearance—" Feng Ruye tapped the legs of his glasses with his fingers: "This is the most perfect sauce I've ever seen—"
“Hmm——” The Chu Shangli in the past nodded with an uninterested look.
"You don't seem to approve at all."
"If the best is what you've never seen before, then just mashing two random leaves together will give you the best flavor—there are no two leaves alike in the world—"
Chu Shangli raised the corner of his mouth: "This is a good idea - I hadn't thought of it before. Otherwise, I could use chocolate to cover the leaf veins and then put them on the cake for decoration. It would not affect the overall taste and would also make the cake more exquisite -"
"It has nothing to do with the leaves." The past Chu Shangli said coldly: "And the thing about covering the veins of leaves with chocolate and taking them off, I did it in elementary school - don't think of it as your own creativity -"
"That's why I used 'otherwise' as a transition. And didn't I say I didn't expect it? Although I'm not as proficient in cooking as I am in martial arts, the rules and things are still the same. I still can't do such a shameless thing as asking me to take other people's things and use them as my own—"
"Being thick-skinned is a fact—so whether or not you do something thick-skinned doesn't seem that important."
"Let's not discuss the taste or the leaves for now, and let's not talk about the shameless things—" Feng Ruye turned the plate towards Duan Zhenye: "Senior Duan Zhenye, you must be very experienced. Please praise what is so great about the sauce prepared by classmate Luo Dongxia?"
“…”
Duan Zhenye's eyes flickered, and he asked weakly, "Is it all I can do to praise you?"
"Yes, I can only praise you. As for criticism, I'll allow you to do so later. For now, you're only allowed to say nice things."
"Alright." Duan Zhenye sighed, "I understand—even if I try my best, I'm afraid I'll just be like you and can only praise it as 'good-looking'."
"Can you be more specific?"
"The colors are rich, and unlike regular soft tiramisu, when you poke a fork through it, the flavor lingers in your mouth, leaving you with a messy mess. If I compare the original tiramisu to the one that's solidified with fish gelatin, I prefer the former because I don't really like the texture and flavor of fish gelatin, which ruins the cheese's texture. But if you use agar-agar, it'll taste like almond tofu and won't keep for long, making it a worse choice."
Duan Zhenye used a fork to hold the cake that he had tasted a small piece of before and that had now been redecorated by Chu Shangli, and used the fork to poke three marks on it——
"Luo Dongxia's dish, even though it sacrificed flavor for the sake of appearance, is a typical negative example. But its color scheme is truly beautiful—this sense of splendor isn't deliberately crafted, but becomes even more apparent towards the end of the meal, without the greasy plate spoiling your appetite. If it could improve on the flavor, this might be a good idea—"
Duan Zhenye smiled wryly and said, "But, is it really possible to eat all of this?"
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